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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-03

The completion of the Gulf, Colorad-
and Santa Fe has caused considerable
liVity In the ca.tie shipping departing Is
of All railroads Leading from Texas.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-03
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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-03

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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-03
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FORT WORTH.
Some Things Said About the City by Som Q
Newspapers.
ONE AT LEAST

Hallettsville Enterprise: The Fort
Worth GAZETTE is jubilant since the Fort
has seven trunk lines of railway, center
ing there. Fort Worth is surely destined
to become one of the commercial centers
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A New Use for Flint.
Detroit Free Press.1

Detroit Free Press.
An eastern man has discovered
a process by the addition Of other
cheap ingredients of melting ordin.
airy flint stone at a low tempera-
ture. This discovery has been
covered by patents and is in the
hands Of an eastern syndicate The
process produces a beautiful mar
BILE like composition, and will be
used tor making encoustic tiling,
laundry and bath tubs aud in the
production of works of art. Its
wonderful cheapness will enable
its introduction below the cost of
anything of the kind in the mark
ct. 1t has been found to be supe-
rior to either glass or rubber as an
electrical non-conductor, and its
use in this direction bids fair to be
large.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
ONE OF A. WARDS LETTERS.
A Contribution Characteristic of
the Greatest Of American HUI.
morists.
New York Mail and Express. I

New York Mail and Express.
The following letter from Arte-
mus Ward, to little Elmira girl.
and recently published for the first
time, is in the possession of an Eli
mira, On. Y. gentleman:
SALEM, MASS. June IS, '64.
My Dear amelia; / cannot tell
you how much | miss you.
1t seems as though l had lost all
my relatives, including my grand
mother and the cooking stove.
Why didn't / put you in a bot
tie and bring you down here with
me ? But l am Always forgetting
something. The other day l went
off and forgot my aunt Sarah, and
she's a good deal bigger than you
are. Mr.. Ramsey is also very
forgetful man. He frequently goes
oft and forgets his washerwoman.
Mr.. Ramsey is a very fne-looking
man. Fe reminds ME of Mr..
Green, the Maiden murderer.
When Mr.. Ramsey goes to the
penitentiary, which will lie very
soon, we must send him sorie dou-
ghnuts, magazines and other liter>
airy documents. Mr.. Ramsey can
read print very well.
l like you very much. l should
like you just as well if you were
twelve years older. l am very sing
ular about some things.
You spoke to me about a boy
who is my rival. l should feel very
sorry to kill that boy, but he may
drive me to it. l am in hopes that
he will take himself into prema-
ture tomb-that he will choke
himself with a large slice of pud-
ding, but if he does neither, / shall
feel forced to load him with chains
and read all my lectures to him.
That will finish him. His boots
may remain, but the rest will have
persisted miserably long ere get
through
You must be a good little girl,
and always mind your mother
Never let your excellent mother
feel sorry that she is acquainted
with you. If it hadn't been for
her you might have drowned in a
soup plate long ago. And if you
hadn't ever had any mother you
might have been turkey with the
turkeys. In fact, my dear Amelia,
so conduct yourself that even on
dark and rainy days the bright
sun may shine wherever you are,
and that the stars (Which are next
to the sun in brightness may never
flash SO brightly but that you can
always look steadily and hopefully
toward them.
Faithfully, your friend
A. WARD.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
Prices Paid to Doctors.

The public often marvels at the
prices paid by rich persons for art
objects. Greater surprise might
be caused by the sums to physici-
ans for the preservation OF health.
1t has been said that Niss Wolfe,
the hopeless invalid owner of
$4,000, 900, pays DR.. Tod Hell
muth 1000 year to doctor her.
She confirms those figures. Mrs.
Alexander 7 Stewart retained
three doctors ct an aggregate cost
of at least $40, 900, and called in
one of them nearly every day. She
had what seems like a system by
which she abided by the decision
OF two out of three in matters of
diet and medicines. Mrs. William
Aston pays to DIR. Fordyce Barker
personally an average Of $50, 600
always sending check for double
or treble the amount of each bill
rendered. Her idea is that, by
rewarding his skill and vigilance
literally, she will get the very best
service of which he is capable.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's ply
stefan is DIR. VS. Belden, and
although her health is excellent,
he is consulted often prevention
being preferable to cure, doubtless;
and the belief is that the preven-
ton costs no less than $4,000 an
nually.- CLARA Bellies Letter,
The South western news., 1887-10-05

A country negro entered one of
the dry goods stores at Americas
Saturday morning to purchase a
trunk, and after considerable par
leying with the salesman as to the
price asked, finally shOuldered one
and left, paying $3.50 therefor. In
about an hour he returned with
the trunk, saying that he had got
too much for his money The
trunk was filled to the top with
Mackinaw straw hats that had
been packed in it for the winter.
The contents of the trunk were
worth between seventy-five and
one hundred dollars.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A FIGHT BETWEEN SNAKES
Two Indian Pythons Do Up a
Huge South American
Anaconda.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph. I

I'iAAts wa At t1AAs
There was a scene of terrible ex-
citement and danger in the snak e
house at the Zoo this morning, and
the 5-foot-deer-swallowing anacon-
da from the wilds of SouthAmerica.
who haG just celebrated his semicen-
tennial, has yielded up the ghost
and is no more. The anaconda has
been a fellow-occupant with two In
dian pythons of a 20-foot cage in the
snake house. Being 10 feet longs
or md a little bigger in his waist
measure than his associates, who
were only fifteen feet long, 10
inches in diameter, 25 years old,
and worth $500 apiece, while his
age was so, and his girth 4S inches,
his weight 1875 pounds,an his val,
nc $500, he was sleepy. vicious,
and ignorant. Besides that he
Lad an individual bath-tu6, for
he will only kill and eat bis food
when he is int the water. The ana
conda did not eat the first year he
was at the Zoo, and during the
last few months he has taken his
meals with provoking irregulari-
ty. But yesterday his appetite
surged in upon him, and he got
away with five ducks. AMI last
night, before the keeper put the
cover over his tub. he absorbed
two more. The pythons we're serv>
ed with brace of rabbits and an
entree Of birds, and were left to
tEeir repOse by Keeper Thompson.
1t is the nature of the sleek py-
thon to abhor repose so long as he
can worry anybody, and, it being
the time of festival and patriotic
demonstration, he arose-this is
metaphor-and went over to the
hath-tuh and showed the board off
the aconda, probably did it with
a full consciousness of his re-
sponsibilily. Keeper Thompson
was in a back room preparing
breakfast for the other snakes who
have more delicate appetite than
constructors, when a peculiar swish
and rumble reached his ears. The
moment he looked in at the door
he was startled by a huge, squirm-
ing, Kissing ball of snakes rolling
around, for the anaconda, resenting
the impudence of the python in
looking into his private bath,
had got out and gone tor him, with
the logical result of involving the
second python. Then they were
coiled tightly together into a ball
and squirming over the floor, He
called to Head,Keeper Byrne, who
summoned Keeper Harrison, the
Hurcules. who manipulates the
grizzlies in the bear pit.
Keeper Byrne understands the
snake nature. He knows that if
you want to uncoil him you take
him by the tail and not by the
head, because the tail is the most
sensitive part of bis being. He
went into the cage and managed
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A Tribute to Journalists.

If / wanted 60 get good square
judgement on something l had done
| would rather go to newspaper
Office than to any other court of
justice. / know that newspapers
probe into mems characters, and
the pure need not fear all the press
es in America. The way to be safe
from so called newspaper attacks is
to be a Christian. The reporters
are the best detective force in this
country. They have brought more
criminals to justice and punctured
more shams than all other agencies
combined Rev. Sam Jones.
The South western news., 1887-10-05

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the mass,and sling it into corner.
Harrison then came to his assist
ance to straighten out the convuls
slons CT the anaconda and the re-
naming python, who were twisted
together like the stands of a rome.
This was necessary to save the am
aconda, who, although he had 10
feet more of length and so pounds
| more OF weight than his neighbor
from India, was yet gradually los
/ ing his wind Besides all that the
python had his fangs set firmly in
his head. While this engaged no
attention was paid the third snake
that had been thrown in the cor.
nor. firing of lis inactivity,
when 50 much was going on he
moved in the direction of the head
keeper. Thompson, who had been
on guard at the door of the cage.
stepped in to head him off. The
python drew his head back and
with lightning dart struck him
on the thigh, where he fastened his
fangs, and in a twiukling threw
three coils around the keepers legs.
The head keeper and Harrison
dropped their Struggle with the
anaconda and his foe and came to
tie relief of Thompson. Harri-
s1n caught the python by the tail,
and the reptile loosened his fangs
to resent the enterference, when
Byrne caught him by the head,
and between them they urtwisted
him and liberated Thompson.
1t was necessary to quarantine the
python while Byrne and Harrison
went 4 second time the relief of the
$500 anaconda, and to successfully
quarantine him HARRISON, who
is powerful man, caught him by
the tail and made him describe cir
c'es in the air while the relief party
was at work. When the anaconda
was liberated he was taken out of
the cage. Harrison dropped mis-
snake and the men emerged and
closed the gate.
The two pythons had a picnic,
but they were not satisfied, and
darted vengefully against the bars.
The anaconda was knocked out,
and the head keeper and his assist
ants picked him up as sailors pick
up heavy rope cable and carried
him to the hospital. He was given
warm bath and such stimulants as
would revive him from his mort.
buud condition, but he would not
revive, and at 1890 o'clock he pass
ed TRANQUILITY away, and the Smltho
sonian Institute at Washington
will get his skin.
Keerer Thompson has a sharp,
singing wound on his thigh, but is
safe, because the python is of the
constructor species and not poison
Gus. At the same time he has exc
pressed his indispositiou to meet
another python when he has got
has dander up.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
Died Rather Sudden.
New York SUM-

New York Sun.
They tell in Lewiston, Me-, Of
an FISHERMAN whose "saloon"
used to be on Main street, and who
was the slowest man in the state.
One day he died, and soon after a
citizen said to Erastus, the oyster.
mans son:
"Erastus, your father died rath.
err sudden, didn't hep"
"Well, yes" said Erastus, 'rath.
err sudden fol- him."
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A Double Toothed Saw

Detroit Free Press.
The early bird catches the
worm, said Mrs. Wigwug to her
lazy husband.
'Ye>es;' drawled he, but then
you know the early worm is caught
by the bird. Guess I'll not he in a
hurry-dont know whether I'm to
figure as the bird or as the worm. ,
The South western news., 1887-10-05

At Maryland fair a marriage
ceremony was performed On the
grounds, and the good.looking and
good natured groom permitted the
minister and several gentlemen to
give his bride congratulatory kiss
es. Imagine their sensations when
they discovered that they had sa-
luted the Office boy of one of their
number. They would no doubt
have rather kissed horse. and
ought to sue the responsible party
tor damages. No jury would de-
ny them.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A. WARD.

Being asked if he favored prohi.
bitiop, Gen. Butler answered that
he was willing to "swear off" if
everybody else would. The Gen
eral is nothing if not diplomatic,
The South western news., 1887-10-05
Emotion Made to Order.
Burlington Free Press. I

Burlington Free Press
In all scenes requiring a blush,
modern actresses put the emotion
Oh with a brush before the curtain
rises, and produce it at the proper
moment by rubbing off the COM
plexiep powder.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
'91e $6Ce]15S
TEE 6 ::

|kE YEAR 81. 90
~ All papers stopped at expir-
lion Of tire paid for, unless in
s,es where parties are known to he
Bpasihle AMI they desire cons
taGaace.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
MASONIC

PIT schIey Lodge, No 800 F A
NJ. j NJ Simmons, w NJ; H S
Bell, Secretary; T r Hannah,
Treasurer. Meets Ord Saturday
night in each month.
A WRENCH r A CHAPTER, NO 40.
L Belfiowcr, II p. ---
King; W ID Murray, Scribe; J e
F Clark, Secretary. Meets Ord
Saturlaynight in each month.
The South western news., 1887-10-05

Like the policamen,s, the grave
digger's LOT is not happy one. In
the pursuit of his calling he is sure
10 find himself in hole. Boston
Courier.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
KNIGHT OFlInNnk

Dawson Lodge, No 125S-J NJ
Simmons Dicta;or; II S Bell, Re.
portor; 7 + Hannah, Financial
Renorter; \ J Baldwin, Treasurer.
Meets 2nd and 18th Friday night
in each month.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
ilyprt'sias Rates Moderate.
sS-st .------a--s------a-~
EMERY. DTpEGTC- ".
CHURCHES.

p,''o}inr at Baptist church LIST
.el3,l sabbath in each month.
Nmiag Services at1G IS A NJ
|Ianinr Services ut i: - p NJ
'aab,th School at 9. \ NJ
PRAYER meeting every Wednes-
gni.ht.
Rev. p w DAVIS, Pastor.
PREACHING at Methodist church
p End and 4th Sabbath in each
|nnth.
|s6bath School at, Q. AM
i@njOg Services at, AM
lrening Services at, 7PM
Prayer Meeting every Thursday
lglt.
Rev. F \ BRANCH, Pastor.
The South western news., 1887-10-05

Why are chickens necks like
door bells? They are often wrung
for company.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
GINS! GINS

WE have on han,F
= second hand cot
ton gins, nearly as
good as new, which
we will sell cheap:
Also we are agents
for improved cotton.
Gins, Condensers &
F e e d e + S. Will
make it to your in.
terest to see us be-
fore purchasing.
j r Mercer & Co.
The South western news., 1887-10-05
CITY GOV ERNM ENT

CITY GOVERNM ENT
Mayor = VIM. Kaieler,
ancilmen w @ Kendrick, w
heatham, G Deubler, j A
'oSey, I r Hannah.
glerk-J L James.
ireasurer-F w Clark.
0arShall-L A Hatcher.
8IePuty Marshall-John B Roberts
Slreet Overseer-Nick Kenuey.
Council meets first Monday night
each month.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
sdinary-H S Bell
Jerk Superior Court-J G T Clark
aena-I G Marshall
~ Receiver CT Harris
~ COLLECTOR H Crouch
leasurer-J p Laing
||SolfVeyOr-J E Waller
S0Foner-'Iohn Daniel
...lnty Farm Supt. H Cams
The South western news., 1887-10-05
A. NJ. E. CHURCH.

A. NJ. Z. CHURCH.
a0nday School at, 9 a m.
Forming Services at, 1890 a m.
5enmg Services at, 7:30 p m,
hss meeting every Tuesday
Eght.
rrayar mcetin: every Thursday
Egbt
REy. r r DowNs, Pastor.
0Ored Free VIZ Ch,reh-Preach.
severy ., 3 and 4th Sunday.
Faver meeting every Thursday
Elder D J Fields, Pastor.
National Republican., 1887-04-11
RAISING a HOWL.
The Order for Closing Stores on Sun
day Next.

The Order for Closing Stores on Sun
day Next.
The commissioners have decided to put in
force next Sunday the law Of 1881 which
forbids the opening Of all stores on Sum
days. This law makes no exception of drug
stores and undertakers places, and places for
"charity and necessity" are not mentioned.
The law is also defective as to the penalty and
its enforcement II says "the person SO offend.
ing shall be fined not less than $40 nor more
than $40, and for the second offense, O like
fine and forfeit their licenses, which shall be
annulled by the mayor" The question arises.
what will be done with q storekeeper who fails
TO pay his fine?
The commissioners abandoned the first law
adopted by them on account OF Its not being
signed by the mayor. 1t Is held that there are
many stores unlicensed, and the concluding
paragraph Of the license law. which, prohibits
the sale of any merchandise ON Sunday, refers
to places licensed. Consequently 1t is iuop-
erative against unlicensed places of business
The commissioners say that as such law is
enft reed in West Washington, 1t will be found
valid as to this city. 1t Is also reasoned that
when Georgetown became part of Washing
ton the laws of the former place remained as
they were. Consequently such laws could not
be used against Washington nor those OF the
latter egainst the former. The laws OF George
town are still in operation as are also the laws
of the county. II the commissioners therefore
can Use Georgetown low against the citizens
of Washington, they can use 1t against the
county. and the necessity of the existing codes
as used In the courts is an absurdity.
National Republican., 1887-04-11
Lodge Meetings Tonight.

Toe following lodges meet tonight at the
places named:
Masonic--Dawson, No. 10, Masonic Temple:
stansbury, No. q. Brightwood: Armenius, No.
20, 1907 g street northwest; Mount Vernon
Royal Arch. No. 4, Masonic Temple Orient
Lodge of Perfection Georgctown; Eureka
No. ., eos Eleventh street.
/. O.. o. F.-Beacon. No. Is, Odd Fellows
Hall Excelsior, No. II, Odd Fellows Hall;
Harmony, No. 9, Eighth Street Hall, East
Washington; Union. No. IL, Third street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Knights of Pythias -Calanthe, No. IL, Penn
sylvania avenue and Ninth street northwest;
Equal, No. II, 3li Eighth street northwest;
Harmony, No. q, Thirteen. and.a-half street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
y. OF R:-Iiober Tent, No. 10, Georgetown.
Improved Order OF Red Men-Osage. No 6,
1923 Seventh street northwest.
10. M.-Potomac, No. 0, GOO G street north
west; Harmony, No. 10, Hilton's Hall, Seventh
and ID streets northwest.
U..o. G. c. Good Will, No. 81, 1907 G street
northwest.
Knights of the Golden Eagle-Monarch, No,
2, Elks' Hail. 902 Pennsylvania avenue.
Sons of JOnadab-Invincible, No. z, Acad-
emy Hall, Georgetown.
National Republican., 1887-04-11
THE SMALL THINGS OF A DAY.
Minor Occurrences in and About the
CITY.

Minor Occurrences in and About the
City.
Tooth filling made painless by the use of
cocaine by $. 4. Mason, dentist, 1901 Pennsyl-
Vania avenue northwest
=. The Aromuh Club will give hop at the
National Rifles Armory on the 26th instant,
The President has appointed Gen. Cecil Clay
trustee of the reform school OF the District,
vice ii. A. Willard, resigned.
VIM. Langston and VIM. sarange, colored, 81
years OF age, were arrested Saturday night by
0incer Holmes for making deadly assault on
Henry Williams.
Michael Green, colored, aged % years, was
arrested by officer Daley Saturday night for au
assault with intent to kill John McDuell.
Caroline and Louisa simms, mother and
daughter, both colored, were arrested yester-
day morning by Officer Brice, who charged
them with keeping bawdy houses.
A project for a grand billiard tournament to
take place at the Washington Light Infantry
Armory during the week Of the National Drill
for purse and the championship of America
is under discussion.
The National Rifles will give Mikado soci-
able on the evenings OF Apr. 29th and Both.
The popular opera will be performed during
those evenings while sociability will fill up
the gaps in the time.
Saturday night at 10 O'Clock Edward Brooks
was assaulted and slightly injured in Pat Phil.
lips's saloon by Richard Gibson and Robert
Diggs. Gibson was arrested by officer Groif,
and Diggs made his escape.
Oracle OFT, an .inmnte of house In D street
near Thirteenth northwest, attempted to COM
init suicide Saturday night by trying to swai-
low three ounces esoflaudanum. The bottle was
snatohed from her hand by an inmate Of the
place.
Mr.. Martin T. Morris, as solicitor for the
widow and children OF James Wormley, de.
ceased, has filed bill In equity against Paul
f. Gerard and his children. residents of st.
Bicnc, department of Cotes Du Nord France,
for partition of part OF lot 8, square 199.
Enn A gnvnrn and anntnvnind nnnrh nnna.,,- =
National Republican., 1887-04-11
Base ball! Capitol Park, to day. AIS. p. m
Robberies Reported.

William 7. Baltzcll, 3i2 N street southwess,
reports that his house was burslarized Satur-
doy morning. and a silver watch and s25 in
money were stolen. Lavenia Crawford, 62s
North Capitol street northwest. clothing stolen
valued at s5. c. T. Ritz, 1ll2 Connecticut ave-
nue., reports that about 0 o'clock Saturday
night two white men stole from him by the
money changing or "him fam game, $40 in
Hiiisdale, d. c. reports that her Chicken house
Friday night was robbed OF thirty chiokens,
National Republican., 1887-04-11
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. 2, 1886.

INNIhNINNOVi NIFVTf'i It cD' y rV0V'
HOP BITTERs MIRO. Co.:
know Hop Bitters will bear recommen-
dation honestly. All who use them confer
upon them the highest encomiums and give
them credit for making cures-all the pro-
prietors claim for them. have kept them
since they were first offered to the public.
They took high rank from the first, and
maintained II, and are more called for than
all others combined. So long as they keep
up their high reputation for purity and use
fulness shall continue to recommend them
something have never done before with
any patent medicine. j. J. BABCOCK.
Physician and Druggist.
National Republican., 1887-04-11
Fine French SateenS,
25c.

In offering you our best
Ereres Koechlin's French
Sateens at the low price Of
csc per yard, we also offer
you the advantage Of an i'm
mense assortment Of styles,
many patterns not to be
found elsewhere. Plain and
fancy both 25c per yard,
which price will prevail dur
ing the remainder of the
season.
Easement center)
National Republican., 1887-04-11
Their First Twilight Dinner.

The Psi Upsilon Fraternity is going to try the
plan successfully adopted by the Twilight
Club of New York. During next week they
will give their first twilight dinner at
Welcker's, and follow the dinner with an in
formal discussion OF some live topic. 1t Is
hoped that this means of improvement and
interchange of ideas will Prove as popular
among the fraternity men as II has among the
professional and newspaper men OF New YORK.
National Republican., 1887-04-11
GinghamRObeS S1.5O.

We are offering an excel
lent line Of Gingham Robes,
containing 10 yards of plain
material, and NJ yards of
narrow and ~ yards Of
wide embroidery Sufficient
for the making and trim
ming of a full suit), which
we offer at the exceedingly
low price of $I.5o per robe.
Colors, blue, brown, and
gray.
Easement center,)
National Republican., 1887-04-11

The exhibition has been
pronounced by modistes
and others of good judg-
ment to be one Of extraor-
binary merit, not only on
account of the excellent
taste evident in the selec.
ton, but also on account of
the wonderful and ex-
tensive variety of combina-
tions in rare novelty goods,
many odd and original ef-
fects being confined exclu-
sively to us. It is impossi-
BILE to clearly describe fine
goods in an advertisement
when there are many kinds.
A personal examination is
far more satisfactory. It is
a pleasure to show our
goods to all, and in men
tioning this it is our pur-
pose to invite you to what
we are proud to say is the
finest exhibition of suits
and wraps ever made in
Washington.